Photograph - 3AR And 3LO Radio Transmitting Station Sydenham Road Sydenham 1988 Photograph, The Sunshine Advocate, 30th September 1988

Negative (collection) - Sunshine Advocate Negative Collection

Historical information

The Sydenham transmitter is a 705‑foot (215 m) steel lattice mast, one of the tallest radio masts in Australia.

It was built when 3LO moved its transmission site from Maidstone / Braybrook site to Sydenham in 1938.

Significance

The 3LO transmitter at Sydenham is one of the most important pieces of broadcasting infrastructure in Victoria.

The site is officially the ABC Radio Mast and Transmitter Station, Sydenham Road, Sydenham, built in 1938, and it still broadcasts 774 kHz ABC Melbourne (3LO) today

Physical description

Digital scan of black and white negative

Inscriptions & markings

Radio 3AR - 3LO Transmitting Tower St. Albans 700

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